151 Battalion

January 2015 151 SA Infantry Battalion SADF 151 Battalion emblem.jpg 200 151 SA Infantry Battalion emblem 1980–1994 South Africa 1928 South Africa 1981 Motorised infantry South African Army Infantry Corps Phuthaditjhaba “Kopano” Buffel APC, Samil 20 200px Company level insignia thumb|SA Motorised Infantry beret bar SA Motorised Infantry beret bar circa 1992 151 South African Infantry Battalion was a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army. History Origin of the black battalions By the late 1970s the South African government had abandoned its opposition to arming black soldiers.http://sabctrc.saha.org.za/reports/volume2/chapter5/subsection9.htm Truth Commission - Special Report - TRC Final Report - Volume 2, Section 1, Chapter sabctrc.saha.org.za By early 1979, the government approved a plan to form a number of regional African battalions, each with a particular ethnic identity, which would either serve in their homelands or under regional SADF commands. This led to the formation of 151 Battalion for the Southern Sothos.Nöthling C. J. Steyn L. The Role of Non-Whites in the South African Defence Force Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies 1986 16 2 10.5787/16-2-457 4754 https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/457/484 free thumb|right|300px|Location of the 100 Battalions in relation to their respective homelands Troops for 151 SA Battalion were recruited from the self-governing territory of Qwaqwa.Matloa Abbey Oupa February 2015 The formation of the SANDF: Integration experiences of former Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei Defence Force Members https://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/18829/dissertation_Matloa_AO.pdf University of South Africa Higher Command 151 Battalion resorted under the command of Group 36. center|thumb|140px|SADF Group 36 emblem The battalion was responsible for patrolling the border between Lesotho and South Africa. Disbandment 151 SA Battalion was disbanded around 1994 and members were assimilated into 1 South African Infantry Battalion and the new SANDF. Insignia center|thumb|500px|SADF 151 SA Battalion complete insignia Notes Peled, A. A question of Loyalty Military Manpower Policy in Multiethinic States, Cornell University Press, 1998, 0-8014-3239-1 Chapter 2: South Africa: From Exclusion to Inclusion References 2 South Africa Category:Infantry battalions of South Africa Category:Military units and formations of South Africa in the Border War Category:Military units and formations established in 1980 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1994